Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-02
SHUT DOWN.
The Anaconda Company Suspends
Work at Both Mine and
Smelter.

As indicated by The MINER yesterda,
morning, Manager DAILY has ordered a ces
sation OF work at both the mine an,
smelter Of the Anaconda Company. Thi
was brought about by the snow blockad
on the Utah d Northern railroad, maxim
it impossible for that company to suppl,
the works with the necessary coal. Fire,
have been banked in the mating furnacel
Of the smelter for q week, hopes being en-
tertained by the railroad people that the,
would be enabled to get in enough
coal this week to start ut
the furnaces again. But the elements were
against them. Monday afternoon Mr.
DAILY, seeing no coal arriving, issued orders
to lay OF all men at the reduction works,
except those necessary as Waterman, and
at the mine except those engaged in devel
opment work. This will throw nearly
1000 men out Of employment at Butte
and Anaconda, besides it causes an en-
forced reduction ut the numbar OF EMPLOYEES
OF the Montana Union Railroad.
The works will remain shut down until
such time asa sufficient supply of GOALS re-
ceived to resume operations without fear
from another blockade. The time NAV
not be more than two weeks; but il the
weather now prevailing continues, it NAV
be longer.
AT ANACONDA
The following dispatch was filed in the
Anaconda telegraph Office Monday night,
and Tor some reason was not forwarded:
ANACONDA, January 31.-Everything is
closed down, except the concentration,
which will close tomorrow noon. Bins are
all full OF concentrates. No coal has ar
rived for past three days. It is rumored
that there are forty car loads of coal this
eide OF Spring Hill, and that it will arrive
here in the morning, but the Company will
not start up until they have coal enough in
the yards to run them for at least thirty
days. 1tmakes a gloomy outlook, hut the
men do not blame anybody except the
Utah q Northern Railroad Company. It
Is surely poor management on their part.
c. & K.
Mr.. DALY's STATEMENT.
An interview with Mr.. DAILY last night by
telephone resulted: II have closed down
On account OF lack OF coal; development
work will still 60 Of at the mine; will re.
as soon as q sufficient supply OF coal
10 received at Anaconda to warrant start I
ng up the furnaces"
OUTSIDE OPINIONS.
In q matter that concerns the eommun.
ty a. much as does the operation OF tho |
Anaconda company, everyone met has /
opinions in regard to the cause OF the
lose down Some ascribe the result to bad |
management on the part of the Anaconda |
company, for not laying i'll a supply of
'oal during good weather sufficient to
ast them over a snow blockade. Others
'scribe the result entirely to the bad
management OF the Railroad company in
lot keeping their rolling stock in q cordi-
ion to handle promptly all business con-
by them to handle. As to the
ormer, it was late in the season when
ne Anaconda company decided to
ssume operations, and therefore the
Management had not time, during good
FEATHER, to lay in the supply OF coal that
hey otherwise would have done.
'ut the cause Of the trouble can be laid
MY to the severity OF the weather, some
hing unparalleled for this section.